Rapper Kanye West did not submit any of the 10,000 petition signatures needed to get on South Carolina’s 2020 presidential ballot by Monday’s noon deadline despite hosting a rally in the state the previous day.
By the time the deadline passed at noon, neither West nor any representative from his makeshift campaign had arrived to deliver the petition to the S.C. Election Commission, according to commission spokesman Chris Whitmire. No late registration will be allowed.
West’s only remaining path in South Carolina would be to receive the presidential nomination of one of the 10 certified political parties in the state. He had previously announced he would be running as a candidate under the self-created “Birthday Party.”
Kanye West holds first presidential rally in S.C. – https://t.co/vSOW4ps8EE #OANN pic.twitter.com/ka2I2By8S0
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Kanye West failed to earn a spot on the presidential ballot in S.C., after missing a deadline to file a petition in the state where he held his first supposed campaign rally.https://t.co/OLvOVoT1iG
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 20, 2020